Hi Tomasz,
2013/4/26 Tomasz Figa <tomasz.figa at gmail.com>
> Hi Inki,
>
> On Friday 26 of April 2013 14:03:10 Inki Dae wrote:
> > This patch fixes multiple definition error like below when building it
> > as moudle with device tree support.
> >
> > drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/exynos_drm_g2d.o: In function `.LANCHOR1':
> > exynos_drm_g2d.c:(.rodata+0x6c): multiple definition of
> > `__mod_of_device_table'
> > drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/exynos_drm_fimd.o:exynos_drm_fimd.c:(.rodata+0x1
> > 44): first defined here
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Inki Dae <inki.dae at samsung.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Kyungmin Park <kyungmin.park at samsung.com>
> > ---
> > drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/exynos_drm_fimd.c | 2 +-
> > drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/exynos_drm_g2d.c | 2 +-
> > 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/exynos_drm_fimd.c
> > b/drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/exynos_drm_fimd.c index 746b282..1e02d13
> > 100644
> > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/exynos_drm_fimd.c
> > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/exynos_drm_fimd.c
> > @@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ static const struct of_device_id
> > fimd_driver_dt_match[] = { .data = &exynos5_fimd_driver_data },
> > {},
> > };
> > -MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, fimd_driver_dt_match);
> > +MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of_fimd, fimd_driver_dt_match);
>
> I wonder if this change wouldn't break the purpose of having
> MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE at all.
>
> As far as I remember, this is used to create a symbol with well known name
> that userspace tools can use to identify what devices are handled in this
> module. For example
>
> MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, fimd_driver_dt_match);
>
> results in creation of __mod_of_device_table symbol, of which tools, such
> as depmod are aware and can build a list of supported devices.
>
> Your change will result in creation of __mod_of_fimd_device_table, which
> is unknown and won't be of any use.
>
> By the way, looking at the definition of MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE, which is
>
> 139 #define MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(type,name) \
> 140 MODULE_GENERIC_TABLE(type##_device,name)
>
> and then MODULE_GENERIC_TABLE
>
> 85 #ifdef MODULE
> 86 #define MODULE_GENERIC_TABLE(gtype,name) \
> 87 extern const struct gtype##_id __mod_##gtype##_table \
> 88 __attribute__ ((unused, alias(__stringify(name))))
> 89
> 90 #else /* !MODULE */
> 91 #define MODULE_GENERIC_TABLE(gtype,name)
> 92 #endif
>
> it seems like the exact line that will be generated after your change,
> will be
>
> extern const struct of_fimd_device_id __mod_of_fimd_device_table
> __attribute__ ((unused, alias(__stringify(name))));
>
Exactly right. it's my mistake. But now it seems that
__mode_of_device_table is multi defined at fimd and g2d side so there still
is module build error. :(
Thanks,
Inki Dae
>
> which seems wrong, because of_fimd_device_id is not a correct struct type.
>
> Best regards,
> Tomasz
>
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